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LS503E: INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

The aim of this course is to study the substantive legal issues arising from disputes under international investment agreements. The course examines the interplay between a state's right to regulate and substantive protections offered to foreign investors to protect their investments, including fair and equitable treatment (FET) and expropriation. It will be an interactive and dynamic course; students will have the opportunity to work on a FET lab.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Gloria Alvarez

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Investment agreements are the instruments that offer the legal ground for foreign investments. On one hand, states have the possibility to set out the conditions in which they expect to host the investment. On the other, foreign investors seeking to invest in another country relay in the substantive protections offered in these international investment agreements.

The aim of this module to study the substantive legal issues arising from disputes under these international investment agreements in particular in the process of investor-state arbitration. This course will examine the interplay between a state's right to regulate and the substantive protections offered to foreign investors to protect their investments. These substantive protections include fair and equitable treatment, expropriation, most favourable nation, and national treatment.


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

2x Discussion Board contributions (30% each)

Online Presentation (40%)

 

Resit: Oral Exam 100%

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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